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Title: THE WATER SOURCES IN THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF THE TOWN OF BERKOVITSA

THE WATER SOURCES IN THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF THE TOWN OF BERKOVITSA
Maria Temelkova; Marian Varbanov
10.5593/sgem2022/3.1
1314-2704
English
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3.1
•    Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE 
•    Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
Berkovitsa is a small town located in Berkovitsa Mountain. The town is situated in an area with a dense hydrographic network but still encounters difficulties in water supply. The purpose of the study is to make an analysis of changes in water demand in the town of Berkovitsa, assessed by the Water Stress Index. The water supply in the municipality of Berkovitsa is taken care of by the operator "ViK Berkovitsa" EOOD. The separate territory of ViK Berkovitsa EOOD consists of a total of six different sized water supply systems (WSS), one of which is WSS Berkovitsa – for the town of Berkovitsa. The WSS Berkovitsa is supplied with water from several water sources, which receive water from mountain catchments. These water sources are surface river catchments, shallow underground water sources and "Srechenska Bara" Dam. For this study is used data for intake capacity of water sources and for water demand in the town of Berkovitsa. The data for the resource of the water sources is based on information from the issued water permits of Danube River Basin Directorate Pleven. The data for the water demand – from the Business plan for the development of the activity of the "ViK Berkovitsa" EOOD for the period 2017-2021 and from the forecast for the demand made in the regional Master plans for water and waste water. Then with this data is calculated the Water Stress Index for water supply of the town of Berkovitsa, which takes into account the percentage of intake water to the available water resource. In order to avoid water stress, this ratio should be under 20%, but for the town of Berkovitsa is around 75%. The study shows that the main cause of high water stress is large water losses. Some comparisons with the Business Plan and Master Plans are discussed. Conclusions have been made in connection with the reduction of water stress on Berkovitsa town's water sources.
[1] National Statistical Institute
[2] Regional Master Plans for Water and Wastewater in Western Region of Republic of Bulgaria (2012);
[3] General development plan of the municipality of Berkovitsa (2017)
[4] Integrated development plan of the municipality of Berkovitsa for the period 2021- 2027
[5] River Basin Management Plan of Danube River Basin Directorate Pleven 2016-2021
[6] Water supply and sewerage operator ViK Berkovitsa EOOD
[7] Integrated Territorial Strategy for Development of the North-Western Region
[8] Business plan for the development of the activity of the ViK Berkovitsa EOOD for the period 2017-2021
Present work is supported by Contract No D01-404/18.12.2020 (Project "National Geoinformation Center (NGIC)", financed by the National Roadmap for Scientific Infrastructure 2020-2027 of Bulgaria.
conference
Proceedings of 22nd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2022
22nd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2022, 04 - 10 July, 2022
Proceedings Paper
STEF92 Technology
International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM
SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci and Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts and Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci and Arts; Acad Sci Moldova; Montenegrin Acad Sci and Arts; Georgian Acad Sci; Acad Fine Arts and Design Bratislava; Turkish Acad Sci.
209-216
04 - 10 July, 2022
website
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water source, water stress index, water demand, water supply system (WSS)